Drudge has updated and is now pointing here:
http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_aff.html
Anti-Kerry Vietnam Veterans Hold Strong
The following statement from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is in response to an article appearing in the morning edition of the Boston Globe (“Veteran Retracts Criticism of Kerry”) which implies that one Vietnam Veteran wishes to retract an affidavit he signed regarding John Kerry’s actions during and after Kerry’s time in Vietnam. The signed affidavit can be seen below.
"Captain George Elliott describes an article appearing in today’s edition of the Boston Globe by Mike Kranish as extremely inaccurate and highly misstating his actual views. He reaffirms his statement in the current advertisement paid for by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Captain Elliott reaffirms his affidavit [see below] in support of that advertisement, and he reaffirms his request that the ad be played.
“Additional documentation will follow. “The article by Mr. Kranish is particularly surprising given page 102 of Mr. Kranish’s own book quoting John Kerry as acknowledging that he killed a single, wounded, fleeing Viet Cong soldier whom he was afraid would turn around.
“Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has more than 250 supporters who are revealing first hand, eyewitness accounts of numerous incidents concerning John Kerry’s military service record. The organization will continue to discuss much of what John Kerry has reported as fact concerning his four-month tour of duty in Vietnam.”
That is, Kranish quotes Kerry as affirming the story about killing the teen Viet Cong. Somehow, Kranish smarmily is trying now to suggest there's news in the Swiftvet's retraction (which we also now know didn't occur, but even if it had...) that the Swiftvet had seen it happen. This cannot be news!
If the issue is about whether a tree fell in the forest, one cannot reasonably try to suggest it's news when someone at first thinks he saw the tree fall, then later says he's not sure, when the guy who chopped the tree down has admitted it doing it, and it's also attested to by several others.
This purposeful false and misleading premise alone, not to mention the mendacious tactics in twisting facts for this editorial is absolutely OUTRAGEOUS!! The guy is lower than Jayson Blair, and all copies of his Campaign Book on Kerry/Edwards should just be thrown in the dumpster, as it's clear he's an out-and-out liar.
That he's on the Globe payroll while moonlighting on the Kerry campaign, however, should come as no surprise. I think it would've been more damning if he hadn't been paid by Kerry, as it would have been a clearer admission of the Globe/NYT's contribution.
Nonetheless, I believe we're seeing a portent of what the media knows is yet to come. With CFR, the floodgates will unleash something right of out Stalin's world before the election, and President Bush has only himself to blame for signing that putrid piece of legislation.
Hold onto your hats! The US may need to make the jump to cyberspace news here, breaking the back of the acronymic networks. The democrats must be crushed completely this election cycle.
HF